The Postmodern World, at the start of 20th century, moral philosophy was in crisis. Utilitarianism and Kantianism were on uncertain ground. Utilitarianism claims that we have reason to act for the greatest happiness for the greatest number, and we are driven toward our own individual happiness. Kantianism …show more content…
It can help to build an individual character, governs behavior and choices of a person as well as helps them legitimize choices, objectives, and activities all through the life. Moral values are something that shows us good traits including trustworthiness, honesty, thoughtfulness, uprightness, support, compassion, and respectfulness. A study of moral value is a study of the values relevant to character and conduct. Since conduct consist of actions (including refusal to act) and characters is exhibited in and inferred from actions, the term ‘value’ relevant to actions would perhaps suffice. the term ‘values’ needs little amplification. but it is necessary to observe that there are on the face of it two sets of values relevant to actions, namely (1) those which actions the selves possess, so that we differentiate them as good and bad actions-a differentiation them which may be made by a spectator regarding a process in which he himself takes no part ;(2) those asserted Implicitly by an agent in his action considered as an interference with the course of events. In the most obvious and typical case this second set of value attach themselves, not to actions, but to the environment of action as modifiable by it; to states or events which action may help to maintain or bring about.
In conclusion Moral values are the standards by which we define right and wrong. They can come from the self, family, community, …show more content…
The relationship between morality and law are (1) Morality can directly influence the law in the sense that it can provide the reason for making whole groups of immoral actions illegal and motive of crime. (2) The existence of unjust laws (such as those enforcing slavery) proves that morality and law are not identical and do not coincide. (3) The law can prescribe and indicate which crimes are false and the extent of the crime. Let the criminal be punished accordingly. Even if the court does not ignore a person's intentions or motives, the law does not directly determine what your inner motivation is. Because morality can tell a person what he wants, what he wants to do, what he wants to do, but the law is not, so it is different from the law. (4) The law is a public expression that can be put under the basic principles of social acceptance. It can lead and guide our next generation, and will be ready to do education work of the staff, let everybody know clearly to the next generation needs what kind of values, the next generation of education workers what to do, and what are the values of social needs. (5) Maintenance of basic laws such as gambling, murder, rape, malicious slander personality, fraud, bribery, theft, adultery, prostitution and other law shows that the two laws can play its role, is conducive to social development. (6) The law's control of behavior is at least partly a fear of punishment. Morality,